The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05
Local and state Notes.


Belt road engines last week handled S72 car
loads of live stock, against 641 in the correspond
ing week of 1886
The Niagara Falls excursion the Bee-lne
tomorrow promises to be one of the largest this
season, although the last.
The Lafayette car-works building three
hundred box cars for the L.. N. A & G. road
delivering them at the rate of six per day
The Pennsylvania Company this week begin
the erection Of a new passenger depot at Logans-
port, an Improvement which has hung fire sew
eral years.
S. T. Lingle. local freight agent of the L., N
A. e. c., at New Albany, has resigned to accept
a position on the Louisville 81 Nashville road at
Birmingham, Ala.
Up to date service has been secured on the
Toledo. Peoria g. Western Railroad Company
for damage SUITS growing out of the Chatsworth
disaster amounting to $40 0O0
There were transferred the Belt road last
week 13, los cars, against 10, 354 in the CORE
spending week of 1856. The car movement last
week was one of the heaviest In the history of
the road.
W. Fl. Hartmen, superintendent of the Cairo
&'Central illinois road. and w. r.. Church. gen.
eral passenger and freight agent have resigned.
Their duties are to be looked after by tho gen.
era manager.
A. J. Castater, auditor of the Lake Erie g.
Western road, has resigned and w. A. Wild
hack, assistant auditor. has been promoted to
succeed him. The Office of assistant auditor has
been abolished.
J. NJ. Brumer, of the Beeline shops. Bright
wood. has been promoted to general foreman,
vice N. Marks, resigned, and Charles Rehling
has been appointed foreman of the car shops and
wood working department.
The United States Express Company securing
control of the Baltimore & Ohio Express Com
pany will seriously cripple the Erie express, as
the relations of the b. e. o. and the Erie ex-
press companies were very close.
The Indiana State headquarters of the g. A.
R. will leave Indianapolis for St. Louis at IL
o'clock A. NJ. Sept 20, Oh a special train. Stops
will ha rVaHa at Rraz and
Haute The train will be lavishv decorated
The Lake Erie & Western road is still selling
1000 mile tickets at $50 1t Is likely to lead to
trouble, although they do not come into compe
tition any great extent with other roads,
cept the L., N. A. 81 c., between Michigan City
and indianapolis.
Indications are that the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will drop the pending litigation to So
cure control Of the St Louis, Vandalia 81 Terre
Haute road. At any rate the prospects that
they Will get a receiver appointed are daily be-
coming more improbable.
The Chicago g. Indiana Coal Road Company
block coal mines in Clay county by building
branch tracks, etc. The company expects
shortly to be hauling north from these mines
lOO 10 10 carloads per day
By agreement, hereafter Evansville and most
stations on the f. & t. H., and the p, d. & e.
roads take as basing rate 116 per cent of the
chicago rate. The settlements Of this
removes question which has led indirectly to a
GENERALIZATION In eAstbound rates.
The indications ara that the Cincinnati Wa
bash q Michigan road will. on the LIST of Novem-
Der, revert back into the hands of the Wade
syndicate as on that day II. S. Ives must nav
800. 600 on the stock he purchased and no one
believes that he will be able to do it
Stock of the c., l., St. L.. e. C. road is ouoted
at 6S. but it is difficult find a holder who
wishes TO part with it at that figure. It's now
a per cent per annum dividend paving stock
and promises 10 be for some years to come and
certainly is a good investment even at par
The c.. a. g /. continues to sell l. 600 mile
tickets at $50 Notwithstanding the alleged agree
rent that Sept. all roads should advance
the rate $25 When questioned as to the
matter the agent said their were down
and he had received instruction to advance
the rate.
The weighing of package freehts by the roads
in the Indianapolis Freight Association during
the month of August showed excellent results
and a good deal more than paid the cost of the
work necessary the actual weight exceeding
that of the weight given by the shippers 9l9,555
pounds
Subscriber: The Evansville e. Terre Haute
the Evansville q indianapolis and the Peoria,
Decatur 81 Evansville are the roads controlled
by what Is known as the Mackey syndicate. ID.
j. Mackey, the president. formerly dry
goods merchant, and in 1870 turned his atten-
ton TO railroading. In 1881 he was elected pres
ident Of the Evansville a. Terre Haute road,
which position be has since held. The Evans.